Beaver Creek (Brandywine Creek tributary)
Appearance
Beaver Creek Tributary to Brandywine Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Delaware |
County | New Castle |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Harvey Run and Webb Creek divide |
• location | about 0.5 miles north-northwest of Elam, Pennsylvania[2] |
• coordinates | 39°51′40″N 075°32′41″W / 39.86111°N 75.54472°W[1] |
• elevation | 342 ft (104 m)[2] |
Mouth | Brandywine Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles east of Granoque, Delaware[3] |
• coordinates | 39°50′04″N 075°34′36″W / 39.83444°N 75.57667°W[1] |
• elevation | 141 ft (43 m)[3] |
Length | 2.62 mi (4.22 km)[4] |
Basin size | 4.08 square miles (10.6 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Brandywine Creek |
• average | 6.43 cu ft/s (0.182 m3/s) at mouth with Brandywine Creek[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | southwest[4] |
River system | Delaware River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Heyburn Road, Smith Bridge Road, Creek Road |
Beaver Creek is a 2.62 mi (4.22 km) long 2nd order tributary to Brandywine Creek in New Castle County, Delaware.
Course
[edit]Beaver Creek rises about 0.5 miles north-northwest of Elam, Pennsylvania in Delaware County[2] and then flows southwest to join Brandywine Creek about 0.5 miles east of Granoque, Delaware in New Castle County.[3]
Watershed
[edit]Beaver Creek drains 4.08 square miles (10.6 km2) of area, receives about 48.0 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 410.33 and is about 43% forested.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Beaver Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Beaver Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 9 December 2020.